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The year 2013 has been a big one for Virginia Beach's Pharrell Williams and it's looking like the good news will spill over into 2014. The producer and songwriter has been nominated for a long list of major Grammy awards, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Producer of the Year. Nominations were announced Friday night during a special broadcast on CBS. The Grammys' governing body, The Recording Academy, says Williams is among the atists receiving the most nods. Jay-Z led that list with nine nominations, but Williams was nipping at his heels with seven, according to The Recording Academy. Other artists with seven nominations include Kendrick Lamar, Justin...

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The year 2013 has been a big one for Virginia Beach's Pharrell Williams and it's looking like the good news will spill over into 2014. The producer and songwriter has been nominated for a long list of major Grammy awards, including Record of the Year,...

The year 2011 won't go down in the record books as one of the region's best for live music. With the economy sputtering, promoters seemed to hedge their bets over the last 12 months. Even so, there were memorable moments on area stages. Plenty of big...

Known for his big hair and phat beats, drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, is the driving force behind Philadelphia's legendary hip-hop crew The Roots.
For reasons as yet unclear, Thompson will be spending some time over the holidays in Hampton...

The 2013 Grammy Awards fiesta started with flashy, feel-good performances by Taylor Swift, Elton John with Ed Sheeran and FUN.
Swift sang "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" in a playful Alice in Wonderland-meets-Cirque du Soleil...

Kids aren't into history these days. Too many old guys. Too many dead guys. Wars and issues and causes that chip your nails and get in the way of updating your Facebook page. Stuff that happened long ago, like, waaaay back in the last century.
Pity. It's...

DJ AM, the sought-after disc jockey who became a celebrity in his own right with high-profile romances and a glamorous lifestyle and survived a plane crash just months ago, was found dead Friday at his apartment. He had a history of drug problems.
Police...

The Americans face Mexico in the World Cup on Saturday.USA! USA! USA!Oh ... it's the World Cup of basketball, not soccer.Never mind.Frankly, I'm still more intrigued by the Seattle Seahawks' manhandling of Green Bay than I am whether Team USA can cover,...

Looks as if Beyonce no longer has cause to sing "Why Don't You Love Me?": The pop star has topped Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 list.
The "Drunk in Love" songstress bested her husband, Jay Z, who came in sixth on the fame-meter,...

"Moral conduct is imperative; it causes the least problem and leaves fewer regrets," said Jacques Barzun. I think he was quoting the Stoics.
SOME OF us had a really high old time at the Y on Lexington at 92 Street this past week. We gathered to...

Beyonce showed some solidarity with Solange Knowles on Instagram after the drama that went down May 5 between her younger sis and husband Jay Z.
The quartet of images shows the Knowles sisters hugging during their duet at Solange's Coachella concert last...

Et tu, Solange? Beyonce's younger sister is back to posting sibling photos on Instagram.
The outspoken 27-year-old singer, who is at the center of media scrutiny following the leak of surveillance video footage that shows her attacking her brother-in-law...

"IF YOU cannot get rid of a family skeleton, you may as well make it dance," said George Bernard Shaw.
OR HAVE it attack you in an elevator. Now that Beyonce, Jay-Z and Bey's sister Solange have addressed -- with love and caring -- that...

As the masses fixated on footage of the elevator fight between Solange Knowles and her brother-in-law, Jay Z, the rapper and wife Beyonce went out in public at a Brooklyn Nets game Monday night as if nothing unusual were going on.
Of course, the...

Anyone who watched Beyonce and Jay-Z's performance of "Drunk in Love" during the Grammy Awards could feel the love between the two music powerhouses. And now Brucie, a Brooklyn restaurant, is attempting to recreate that lovin' feeling with an...

Kanye West this week landed in a very familiar place: on top of the Billboard charts.
West’s polarizing but critically acclaimed sixth album, “Yeezus,” took the No. 1 spot after it moved 327,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen...

Rapper J. Cole didn't attract much attention during a recent photo shoot at an upscale Beverly Hills hotel. He had no entourage (a rarity by hip-hop standards) and appeared unassuming in a plain T-shirt and jeans. The only clear spoil of fame? A...

Jay-Z’s video for the “Holy Grail” track from his “Magna Carta Holy Grail” album has now made it to YouTube following its 24-hour exclusive premiere on Facebook, a move that’s heightened Facebook’s profile as a platform for new video content from...

Baz Luhrmann didn't want to answer the question.
"I can't really say it about myself," he said. "But yes, I do."
The Australian director behind this month's hip-hop-inspired adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" had been asked...